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EPA Should Proceed With A HDOH Low NO* Rule
Industry Request
Deliver benefits associated with an EPA-led national HDOH low NOx rulemaking
Develop an appropriate EPA rulemaking schedule
Direct OTAQ to work with us and other stakeholders, including CARB
Rationale for EPA Leadership
Essential to achieving a national program--that is our key goal
Opportunity for an EPA win-win - Streamline current regulations to achieve cost savings and spur growth - Achieve real-world NOx reductions that will contribute to ozone and PM reductions - Capitalize on broad stakeholder support
- Leverage OTAQ's expertise in crafting a smart rule - Assist California's ozone attainment (60-70% of California's VMT is from out-of-state
vehicles)
Without EPA leadership - HD NOx will remain -30% of all transportation NOx - Substantial likelihood of multiple standards for products that operate in interstate commerce - Increased manufacturing and compliance costs; loss of competitiveness for U.S. based manufacturers
Opportunity for Success
Pick the low-hanging fruit: Over time EPA and CARB have added new HDOH requirements piecemeal; no comprehensive review in almost two decades.
Leverage our technology to achieve reforms: An HDOH low NOx rule can provide the framework to leverage technology advancements to streamline, modernize, reform and reduce the costs of the current program.
Deliver real-world reductions: An EPA-led approach can provide significant NOx reductions by refocusing emission standards from lab-based testing to real-world emission monitoring and control (while maintaining a 50-state harmonized program).
Avoid pitfalls: It is essential for EPA to act to: avoid a patch-work of regulations; help those areas in need to move towards ozone attainment; reduce secondary PM emissions; maintain existing GHG/fuel efficiency standards; allow manufacturers to cost effectively develop high performing, reliable, durable, customer acceptable products that can be sold nationwide; provide manufacturers leadtime, stability and certainty.
A Non Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
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